حَدَّثَنِي الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْأَعْمَی فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا الْبَرَائُ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَرْقَمَ فَذَکَرْنَا ذَلِکَ لِقَتَادَةَ فَقَالَ کَذَبَ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّمَا کَانَ ذَلِکَ سَائِلًا يَتَکَفَّفُ النَّاسَ زَمَنَ طَاعُونِ الْجَارِفِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 63
Muhammad bin Rāfi’ and Hajjāj bin ash-Shā’ir narrated to me, they said Abd ur-Razzāq narrated to us, he said Ma’mar said: ‘I did not see Ayyūb speaking ill of anyone, ever, except for Abd al-Karīm- meaning Abū Umayyah’. So he mentioned him and said, may Allah have mercy on him ‘He is not trustworthy- he had asked me about a Ḥadīth of Ikrimah then said ‘I heard from Ikrimah’ [when relating the Ḥadīth].’
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020